NY Stakeholders, Residents Split on HVDC Tx Projects
Enviros, Generators Favor In-state Line but Say Canadian Hydro Hurts Economy
The CPNY project includes a new 174-mile, 1,300 MW HVDC transmission line to the Rainey substation in Queens, while the CHPE would run 339 miles from the Canada-US border to the Astoria substation in Queens. | NYSERDA
Feb 9, 2022
New Yorkers were generally in support of the entirely in-state Clean Path NY transmission project and opposed to the line to import Canadian hydropower.